Jointer-planer



Feb., 16, 1954 J. W. EDGEMOND, JR

J OINTER- PLANER 5 sheets-sheet 1 Filed June l. 1951 6P* mm Feb. 16, 1954 J. w. EDGEMOND, JR

JOINTER-PLANER 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June l 1951 INVENTOR.

Feb- 16, 1954 J. w. EDGEMOND, JR 2,669,265

J OINTER-PLANER Filed June i, 1951 5 sheets-sheet s JNVENToR.

.fa/ew af. vaina/mie /f MM Feb. 16, 1954 J. w. EDGEMOND, JR 2,669,265

` JoINTx-:R-PLANER Filed June l, 1951 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 Feb. 16, 1954 .1.w. EDGEMOND, JR 2,669,265

JOINTER-PLANER Filed June 1, 1951 5 sheets-sheet 5 Y f/MW/M rap/vir! Patented Feb. 16, 1954 UNIT EDs' ji S- TATES '0F FICE' WINTER-PLANERE' `Zillaims. t f ThisJ inventionrelatesfte,l a hintere-planer.

The mainfob'j ecty of". the present. inventienfisr to .puovidefan improved jointer-planer Whereint-here .visi a single rotary.r cutten-.adaptedi toffcuvv Work `fed to the topfofl the-cutters. from ajointer'assembly, and adapted to cut work fed to the bottomrof thefoutter-from? afolaner assembludisposed below thefjointer assembly.,

n Another `obj ectj. of-. the` present4 invention. -is to provide. ajointer-'plane-n as.` aboveM described in whichffoef.der itlrl off-outset the jointes` assembly san-be adjustedxwithout interfering with the oper-ation .ot-fthe planen-assembly' andi in* which construction the planerassembly.r `is,y ustable relative tai-.they bottom of the: cutter` to produce worin off -diierentthiclsnesses A pr-incipalt obi'ect;.c the present inventions/is tcfprovide, animproved[.jointer. apparatus. having ai takemitv table: arranged. with; the plane,- of its work-receiving surface tangent-toitheperiphery Aof thaeutten whiohitablefis mounted for pivotal movementabout thexaxisof, rotationofsthef cutter .tof maintain: the tangential .relationshiof `said jointer apparatus including'. ai. eed,.tab1e. piyoted allouel an.-A ani s1. spaced. from ,the.,..cut,ter. and a .mechanism` for-: simultaneously .adjusting .the tables. to,1 vanynthadepthf of `cut by .Virtue oithe adjustment of theffeedrtable while.maintairliner ai parallel. relationship..betweenitha top- .suraces ofsthetableaso thatwork..fed,from,.theieedtable willbe supported byfthemaire-ofitableeas, thawork leavesfthe.. cutter.,

Various` other .objects oifthepreSentA invention will bleiapparent frornmhe .following description takem-in connection.v with .the..` .accompanying drewvinss;V wherein:

4boolyingthe=.conee1c,tsoi..the present; invention.. l Eig..2 is,..asideview in elevation ofthe appar .ratusdisclosediin Eigl 1 andshowina the, tables meoharrisnniorf.adjustingythe .feeditables and4 the -itake'sotablei Ris. ai '.vertieali-,forosssseotioni taisent` along 2 line B-'E of: Fig; 1f showing: a l feedfrolienvo ytlcie pian er assembly.

"Fig: "I is-'a Vertical: cross-sectional"viewctakfen along: lineJ-lof Fig; lf'showingirthe `cutiies and the mechanism for,l adjustingl the height; fof the planer table".

Fig; 8 isasidefview, partlyv in section', foithe cutter'ofv the jointer-pla-ner.

f Fig: rSi isA anendf View@ partlyI infsecton, foi the cutter.

Fig. 101isa fragmentary view. infside elevation of a jointer-planer embodying the conc'eptsfof the present inventioma-nd mountedfon andfdriven by' a convertible materalworkingf.machine;

Fig. l1 isv a' vvertical'section` througha; jointesplanerembodying-l -the concepts of.. thepresent invention# and` showing, the jointer-.planerfas hav'- ingi as. separate stand, andr drive. of.:y its own.

Ira-general terms,.the jointer-.pl-anen comprises afjointer assembly- A.- secured.- tothe upper. ends ofitubular posts IJl,V and.. a. planer assemblmB radj-ustably' mounted oniposts I4 below7 thefjointer assembly- A (see partioularlyF-igs. .6.andi7-L.. 'ihe posts.- Id may-be tormedf as part, of. a stand as .shown-1` Fig. Lvl-1, on bei,supportedlrtronnavcone vertible apparatus of the type shown in Fig-m0, The. jointes .assemblyY Aincludes asbed.castffug I5 ,on-. Whichis .mounted a `rotary cutter- `generally entitled. l I .6y a: talee-off table. Il.. and. afeedstable i8, said cutter being adapted,to...cut .atitstop on workied. across the. jointer .assembly tables. and atits bottom. on work fed: across ..the... planer assembly. tablefgenerally. entitledfzni. .The take.- .oft tablev itis Asupported.with the. planeof. itsJ top work-receiving surface, tangent 4to thefperiphery 0L the cutter, Ls and is-pivotally mounted; Afor adjustment. about vthe axis, of rotation, of; the cutter whereby, atany. positionV of adjustment thetangential relationship will be: maintained.

Feed table, l.is.pivota11y mounted onthe forward endv oi bedcasting, l5. by a pivot. bo1t"22; An adjusting mechanism generally `entitled Ci's disposed, at the other end of. the, bed' casting- `lrIiifand is operatively connected'to both tables" lil'andl' Qrtheionter assembly for adjusting` the tables .to...vary the depth of the out by virtueb the adjustment oi the ie'ed tablewhile maintaining a parallelV relationship between the" tops of' the .feed table andY the take-oir' tabla Therefore, worhied onto the cutter from' the feed; table will alwaysbe supported on the. oppositesideof Athecutter by. the takefof' table regardiess'ojf'tne depth of the cut.

More .indetaiL bed' casting; v|15` takes' this', :form of; an openiramework. castinggxlsee Figi 3)? pro.'-

3 vided with bosses 25 (see Fig. 6) into which the upper ends of posts I4 extend. Set screws 21 are provided in bosses 25 for securing bed casting l5 to the posts I4.

Cutter I6 is mounted on an arbor 30 and secured thereto by means of set screws 3|. Arbor 35 is supported adjacent at its ends by spaced bearings 33 housed within bearing housings 34 and 35 which are received within aligned apertures provided in spaced sides 36 and 51 of bed casting I5. The bearing housings have stop anges 34a and 35a abutting against sides 35 and 31 respectively of bed casting I5, as shown in Fig. '7.

Take-off table I1 takes the form of an inverted box casting having a plane top work-receiving surface Ila and depending side flanges 4e and 4I, flange 4I being formed with a rabbeted portion 42. At its forward end take-off table i1 is arcuately recessed at 44, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to partly overlie the cutter I6. Takeoff table I1, at its forward end, is provided with and piovtally supported by a pair of forwardly protruding laterally spaced arms 45 and 41 formed at their forward end with aligned bores enabling arm 45 to fit en and be pivotally supported by a hub 48 formed on bearing housing 34 and arm 41 to t on and be pivotally supported by a pin 55 formed on bearing housing 35. Arms 46 and 41 form extensions of side anges 4S] and 4I respectively of the take-off table I1.

As best appreciated from viewing Fig. 3, the plane containing the top surface ila of the takeoif table I1 is tangent to the periphery of cutter l5. Therefore, in every adjusted position, this tangential relationship would be maintained because the take-off table pivots about the axis of cutter I5. Therefore, as work is fed over the cutter, the out face of the work slides onto the surface ila of take-off table I1 in a face-toface engagement therewith, whereby the work is fully supported during all stages of a cutting operation, rst on the feed table alone, then partly on both tables, and then on the take-off table alone.

Intermediate the ends thereof, take-off table I1 is connected to and adapted to be adjusted by adjusting mechanism C, to be described more in detail. hereinafter.

Feed table I8 takes the form of an inverted box casting pivotally mounted at its forward end on pivot bolt 22, as shown in Fig. 3, said pivot bolt extending through the righthand end of bed casting I5 and being retained in place by a nut (not shown). Feed table I8 has rearwardly extending laterally spaced arms 53 and 54 disposed on either side of take-off table I1 and provided with depending flanges 55 and 55 respectively (compare Figs. 1 and 5), by which the feed table is connected to the adjusting mechanism C.

Adjusting mechanism C includes an adjusting shaft 58 (see Fig. i5) rotatably extending through bed casting i5 and having eccentrically mounted thereon a pair of identical laterally spaced circular feed table adjusting cams 59 and en received within oblong openings 5I formed in depending flanges 55 and 55 of feed table I8, and a pair of identical laterally spaced circular take-off table adjusting cams 63 and 54 receivable within oblong openings 65 formed in depending flanges 59 and 4I of the take-off table I1. By virtue of their elongation, openings BI and 65, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, accommodate sidewise movement of the cams relative to tables I'I and I8. Open- 4 ings 5I for feed table it* are defined in part by horizontally disposed vertically spaced cam-engaging follower surfaces 58 with which the feed table cams 59 and S0 are in constant engagement. Openings 65 for cams 63 and 64 are l partly dened by similar cam-engaging follower surfaces 59 with which take-off table cams 63 and 54 are in constant engagement, said camengaging follower surfaces thereby enabling adjustment of the feed table and take-olf table upon rotation of adjusting shaft 58.

In the particular construction shown, cams 58 and 63 are formed as a single integral unit and likewise cams 66 and 54 are formed as a single integral unit. These units are keyed to adjusting shaft 58 by keys m which permit limited axial sliding movement of shaft 58 relative to the cam units for reasons to be explained.

Because the distance from the axis of adjusting shaft 58 to the pivotal axis of table I8 is greater than the distance from said shaft to the pivotal axis of table I1, cams 59 and 50 are formed larger than cams 53 and 64 in order that a parallel relationship between the tops of the tables will be maintained upon adjustment of the tables.

On the righthand end of adjusting shaft 58 there is a manual adjusting knob 1I secured to the shaft by a set screw 12. The periphery lia of knob 1I is preferably graduated in terms of depth of cut, and the feed table on the portion of its depending flange 55 adjacent the periphery of knob 1I is provided with a reference mark to permit setting of the knob for a particular depth of out. Knob '1I is mounted eccentrically on shaft 58 but concentrically with respect to large cams 59 and 65 and, therefore, the periphery 1I a of knob 1I and the reference mark on flange 56 of the feed table will always be in correct association.

On its opposite end, adjusting shaft 58 threadedly receives a handle 15 which engages a iange 59a formed on cam 59. The tables are locked in an adjusted position by turning handle 'i8 so as to draw adjusting shaft 58 slightly to the left as the parts are depicted in Fig. I5, to clamp anges 55 and 5E of feed table I8 between flange 53a of cam 59 and knob 1I to create a frictional force between these parts suicient to prevent relative rotation between adjusting shaft 55 and said tables. Obviously, when the handle is turned to relieve the clamping effect, adjustment of the feed table and the take-off table by manual rotation of knob 1I is permitted.

Cutter iii, which is best shown in Figs. 3, 8 and 9, includes a cutter body or head 8U having three longitudinally outwardly tapering nonradial grooves 8| each groove receiving a cutting blade 82. Each blade is adapted to be adjusted inwardly or outwardly by a pair of adjusting screws 84 threadedly received by the head 8U, said cutting blades being supported by the heads of screws 84, as is clearly shown in Fig. 9. The adjusting screws 84 are provided with screwdriver slots or equivalent formations to permit adjustment thereof.

Locking bars 81 are provided for locking the blades 52 in adjusted positions, and are disposed within grooves el and have tapered faces 88 tapered complementary to opposed tapered faces 95 of grooves 8l. Locking bars 81 threadedly receive therethrough adjusting screws 92 which engage the bottom of groove 8l, as shown in Fig. 8, these screws upon adjustment are adapted to jam the locking bars between surfaces 90 of 'moverse annemasse 822 -uiereftre .itti'sjx'rg ure iwhiel-i take's'itlfiefdriii-offan1` invertedfbex caste ing lliavi'ngf a=-p1anetwork frec'eiifingi#surfircej im; aridi-bosses |^ti-ircugh`i whichl pests Ibi exted saidf l bosses i'aeiig-T secured-:ftdftne' pests'I set sei-ewsfmf provid'cli'fwith"'lnurled knobs# F023. pienerftebiefzcmey ccnvenientiyfeerprcs viddwitn @e raised fr-ibliid'rfse'e Fi'gc) #reserve as aguideifritii'ewvcrk-a move'd across-darle* 2'0.

@Planen-table I2li) -i'sl supportedl for* adjustment wfithfresp'ectfto" cutter- :Iii initlie fllbwingtmanner. There is an adjustingt seres/'101i' slidably receivedthroughra weht-|081 joining bosses |00 (see Fig. '1), the upper end of the screw being threadedly received in bed casting I5 and jammedzintciplacesc asxtcf-beefctivelyexedto bed casting I5. An opening ||0 is provided in web |08 (5f-"planer"tablet'242|tv tc` accommodate an adjusting nut threadedly received onfad# justin'gscrew |01. By looseningset screwsiiili en? bossesilmi) and rotatingsadiustinginut"III, thedistancebetween the work: receivirrgsurface `Zfiaioiplaner table and thefbottoms of' cutter I6 may be varied to produce different thicknesses of work-'l Therighthand side of-vplaner table 20 (asthe parts are depicted inP 7%), iseprovidedf. with fingers |43: which embraceaehangerbola ||4 threadedly received within they-side atoftbed castinga I5 and jammed intoplace. There: are lock nuts |5||i on hanger 'bolt LM foreabuttng against the under sides of `fingers I3 and, therefore, supporting the righthand side of planer table 20. For downward adjustment of table 20, obviously lock nuts IIE will have to be threaded downwardly before adjusting nut III is rotated.

Mechanism for feeding work across planer table 20 is provided and comprises a pair of rubber feed rollers |20 and |2| mounted on shafts |22, the ends of the shafts being rotatably supported in bed casting I5, the righthand ends of shafts |22 being supported by bushings |25 receivable within casting I5. There are suitable lock collars |28 on shafts |22, as shown in Fig. 6.

Feed roller |20 is disposed to resiliently engage the work before passing under cutter I5 and feed roller |2| is disposed to resiliently engage the planed face of the work leaving the cutter, the latter feed roller having its axis of rotation closer to planer table 2G than feed roller |20 to compensate for the difference in thickness of the work on the opposite side of the cutter.

The outer or righthand ends of shafts |22 have fixed thereto couplings |29 suitably slotted to receive coupling pins |30 fixed to hubs |3| of sprockets |32. Sprockets |32 are drivngly connected by a chain |34 (see Fig. 2) and are adapted to be -driven by a crank |36 fixed to the hub of. the sprocket for feed rollerr |2I. By means of coupling members |29 and |30, a detachable drive to the feed rollers is provided permitting that lspwcketss 1F32; .'ffchainl; 1| 3M and? crank 1213 @te bcrremevediwlieneverr desired;

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and removed. 1 friche werkrtcbezplaned: criginallttooithiclfitt cani bef: 'cuts 'downs on'. the" jbiiiterff ass'eiriblyf 'to'.fa thicknesses slightly greater' tha'rriits innishedfthicknessaand th'enrbe run hrcu'glztheiplaner:

, A.. est appreciatedrfrorm aifconsiderati'on of Fig;A 3,.adjustment of: the` joint-ers"assernrxly"v dees" noti-:interfere Withthe operation. of .the` planer assembly 1'die'to'tiwrovelmannertot supporting and yadiustrigrrtnieifjcinterrtabies;

'I'lhei :winter-planer orc-:the present invention. canfbeproyideuwitii itsrown stanclga'sl shown in Figir 1215201' s'uppn'r-tedil driven Abyl a 'convertible apparatus:suchrasrfdiselosedi inaFig-.z 10Vv and", de+ scribedi'rin'..ltheifccpending applicati'onfvoff Hans Goldschmidtfor:.CbnyertibleMaterial' Working Machine; Serial '76931:48.; ."ledzAugust 18, '1947.

lifshowsi the: llzitteri.arrangernent` wherein the ointer-.planerisprcyid'ed withab'racket IM havingr bcssesl |42; fnrfre'ceiving thelower vends tnpcsts.2 im.; isaidzbracket alsohaving: other bosses Maf.l for receiving? :therfouten f protruding: endsr of tubular '.w-ays fair/riti thx-e2v convertible, apparatus describedwiitltherf identified? copending' applica'- tion;A liheffways -arei-'supportedi at" their' righthand-iends asithepartsfaree depictediniFig. 10 byl'a standard. |50;y

Cutter I6 of the jointereplaneri is-'driven by meansrcn amrctornt l: thrcugha driving; stepped pulleyliizaifbelti |533; ai driven: stepped: pulley |54, a driven shaft |55 and a coupling |56 which is secured to the lefthand end of the cutter arbor 30, as the parts are depicted in Fig. 10.

The jointer-planer may also be mounted on its own stand by having elongated posts I4 fixed at their lower ends in a base |50. The cutter I6 under these circumstances is driven by a motor |6| through a belt |62, a driven pulley |63 which is mounted on the lefthand end of cutter arbor 30, as the parts are depicted in Fig. 11, by set screw |65. Motor 6| is supported from a hanger bracket |61 which in turn is supported on arms |68 fixed to a bracket |59 which has bosses to receive the posts I4 and which bosses are provided with set screws, not shown, for securing the bracket to the posts. There is a belt guard |1| secured by means of screws |12 and |13 to bed casting I5 and the bracket |69.

By the present invention, a jointer-planer has been provided in which there is a single rotary cutter adapted to cut at its top on work fed thereto by a jointer assembly and adapted to cut at its bottom on Work fed thereto over a planer table. The jointer assembly is constructed so that the depth of cut of the work fed thereacross can be varied in a manner such as not to interfere with the operation of the planer table therebeneath. The present invention also provides a novel jointer assembly in which the take-off table has the plane of its top surface tangent to the periphery of the cutter and which take-off table is pivoted about the axis of rotation of the cutter so that Work leaving the cutter -Wll be supported by the top surface of the takeoff table. Both the take-off table and feed table are mounted for adjusting movement by a single adjustment means whereby simultaneous adjustment of the tables is effected in a manner to maintain a parallel relationship between the top working surfaces of the tables so that a piece of `work will be supported by a face-to-face engagement of its bottom steppedsurface with said table during a cutting operation.

Although the cam-type adjusting mechanism shown is preferred, the invention is not intended to be limited to such a specific construction, since other types of adjusting mechanisms such as link, wedge, etc., can be substituted therefor.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to obtain by Letters Patent is:

1. A jointer [comprising: an open, generally rectangular frame; a rotary cutter mounted to and within said frame intermediate the ends thereof; a take-off table pivoted at its forward end to said frame on an axis concentric with the axis of said rotary cutter; a feed table pivoted at its forward end to the forward end of said frame, said feed table being provided with forwardly extending arms arranged to straddle the sides of said take-off table; a cam shaft journalled in the rear end of said frame in parallelism Iwith the axis of said cutter; opposed cams fixed to said cam shaft, each of said cams being arranged to rotate within cam openings formed in the overlapping portions of said arms and take-off table and the cam surfaces on said cams being so arranged that upon rotation of said cam shaft each of said tables will rotate about its axis in the same angular direction in parallelism with each other; means fixed to said cam shaft for adjusting its angular position; and means for locking said cam shaft to said frame in any desired angular position.

2. A jointer comprising: an open, generally rectangular frame; a rotary cutter mounted to and within said frame intermediate the ends thereof; a take-off table pivoted at its forward end to said frame on an axis concentric with the axis of said rotary cutter; a feed table pivoted at its forward end to the forward end of said frame, said feed table being provided with forwardly extending arms arranged to stradd'le the sides of said take-olf table; a cam shaft journalled in the rear end of said frame in parallelism with the axis of said cutter; opposed cams fixed to said cam shaft, each of said cams being arranged to rotate within cam openings formed in the overlapping portions of said arms and take-off table and the cam surfaces on said cams being so arranged that upon rotation of said cam shaft each of said tables will rotate about its axis in the same angular direction. in parallelism with each other; an operating handle fixed to one end of said cam shaft for rotating it to any pre,- determined angular position; and lock nut threaded on the other end of said cam shaft and by means of which the overlapping portions of said tables can be maintained in frictiona'l locking engagement with each other in any predetermined set position.

JOHN W. EDGEMOND, JR.

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